Microsoft Windows Path Canonicalisation EclipsedWing code injection

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A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component Path Canonicalisation. Such manipulation leads to code injection (EclipsedWing). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-4250. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Path Canonicalisation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability (EclipsedWing). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 10/23/2008 by Debasis Mohanty with Microsoft as MS08-067 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4250 since 09/25/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/20/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

A public exploit has been developed by Debasis Mohanty and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34476 (MS08-067: Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution (958644)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90464 (Microsoft Windows Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-067) and Shadow Brokers (ECLIPSEDWING)). This issue was added on 05/20/2026 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/03/2026:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-067 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 14896. In this case the pattern |11| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3014.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46040), Exploit-DB (7132), Zero-Day.cz (147), Tenable (34476) and SecurityFocus (BID 31874†). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Name: EclipsedWing
Class: Code injection / EclipsedWing
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: Debasis Mohanty
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Nessus ID: 34476
Nessus Name: MS08-067: Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution (958644)
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OpenVAS ID: 900091
OpenVAS Name: kb_smb_name(
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Saint ID: exploit_info/windows_server_service_ms08067
Saint Name: Windows Server Service buffer overflow MS08-067

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MetaSploit ID: ms08_067_netapi.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-067

Snort ID: 14896
Snort Message: NETBIOS-DG SMB v4 srvsvc NetrpPathCononicalize unicode path cononicalization stack overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-067
Researcher: Debasis Mohanty
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4250 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3860

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X-Force: 46040 - Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 31874 - Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32326 - Microsoft Windows Path Canonicalisation Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49243 - Microsoft Windows Server Service Crafted RPC Request Handling Unspecified Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1021091 - Windows Server Service RPC Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 19848 - [MS08-067] Microsoft Windows Server Service Remote Code Execution via Crafted RPC Request, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2902

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2008 11:35
Updated: 05/20/2026 22:14
Changes: 10/29/2008 11:35 (110), 04/15/2017 19:31 (19), 03/16/2021 19:59 (3), 07/20/2024 13:33 (22), 11/09/2024 04:15 (1), 01/05/2025 19:41 (1), 05/25/2025 23:37 (2), 05/20/2026 21:28 (12), 05/20/2026 22:14 (9)
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